ENGX 422
American Money: Novels 1793-1930
Explores the great American subject of money from the foundations of the Republic to the Jazz Age. Students will study works of fiction that focus on capital, thrift, production, high finance, self-sufficiency, and fraud, and consider the effects of the recent banking crisis and history and psychology of financial behavior, and of money itself.
Prerequisites & course information
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Arts & Humanities-in-London study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/11854. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027